[Contact information for this event is provided in the last paragraph
of this notice. Please contact Charlemagne for all inquiries. Brismtone]
The Yew Fair is Announced for Sat Oct. 18, sponsored by the Atlantic Yew
Town Council. I am looking for ideas, and have already have many submitted.
A rough, preliminary schedule is as follows: (All times are EST)
Grand Council: 7:00, at the Court of Truth. A short meeting for all citizens
and guilds involved in Yew, to discuss important issues, encourage people to
join Yew institutions, and get ready for the...
Grand Parade: 7:30. All guilds will march, in the best formation we can get
with tremendous Lag, to the Yew Town Center. We will attempt (I need
volunteers for this!!) to make a huge picture of all the guilds, putting
seperate pictures together. This will be follwed by shameless drinking at
the bar, perhaps in the Winery or Counselor's Guild Hall.
Institute of Thought Meeting and Competitions: 8:00. The Institute of
Thought will have its first meeting at the Empath Abbey Ankh Room, and will
begin with a poetry and story contest. The entry fee is 500gp, and whoever
wins, (the crowd is the judge) receives the pot. Please limit stories to a
maximum of 3-5 minutes. This will then be followed by a discussion of the
definitions of good and evil, and their applications and forms in the world
of Ultima Online. The Insitute of Thought is open to anyone with an
thoughful mind, and the guild will be signing people up at the meeting, for
those who wish to become involved in studies in the UO world, and pondering
important issues. You are invited to start a new character for the Institute
Guild. Following the debate, there will be open topic discussion on any
important issue, idea, or debate in real life and UO. (Please no offensive
language or discussions though, due to OSI recent statement.) Eventually, we
will move over to the winery for more thought and discussions. If anyone
would like to lecture or debate an opponent at this meeting, contact me.
Archery Contest: 8:45. For those less inclined to deep thought, there will
be an archery contest at the archery buttes on the Yew Border. (Someone
please tell me where they are!!) The contest will require 100gp to enter,
and 50 arrows. Simply, you shoot at the target. We collect whatever arrows
you miss, and whoever has the least will receive the prize, and whatever
arrows we collected.
The Grand Tournament: The highlight of the night. All Knights, after paying
the 200gp entry fee, will enter an unspecified (to avoid trouble) until the
event area, where Knights will battle one on one. There will be two seperate
divisonns, mounted and foot combat, obviously, one with horses and the other
without. The fights will all be to the death or yeild, (of course no
flagging) whoever dies or yeilds first looses all he has - horse, armour,
everything, like real medieval tournaments. Plus, you collect that players
entry fee. The fights will be bracketed, and you can drop out with your
winnings at any times, as long as the next battles have not been announced.
This will be followed by the
GUILD RUMBLE: Whenever the one on one tournaments are done, warring guilds
can take it out in the fighting arena. Battles are winner takes all - the
only rule is NO, absolutly NO, outside programs or cheats. We WILL report
you to the GMs.
Also, I need many, many, many, volunteers for this - I am not going to
individually run each event, I will only supervise (except for the Institute
Meeting). If no one volunteers for the event, then it will not happen.
Please e-mail if you wish to volunteer, or add ICQ 11676386, and send me a
message "I volunteer to help with..." Please, do not e-mail me to sign up
for any events. Declare guild wars in the time before the rumble, you
needn't contact me about them. I do need, however, ideas for more events -
please only if you are willing to control them yourself. Thanks, and hope to
see you there!
Charlemagne.
